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Sleek Teeth photos by Holy Smoke Photography With the announcement of this year's Substance Festival at the Great American Music Hall, we here at SF Sonic wanted to highlight some
With the announcement of this year's Substance Festival at the Great American Music Hall, we here at SF Sonic wanted to highlight some of the bands and artists playing over
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